When the Tea Party Came to Town: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives' Most Combative, Dysfunctional, and Infuriating Term in Modern History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451642094)

In When the Tea Party Came to Town, Robert Draper delivers the definitive account of what may turn out to be the worst congressional term in United States history. As he did in writing about President George W. Bush in Dead Certain, Draper burrows deep inside his subject, gaining cooperation from the major players, and provides an insider's book like no one else can--a colorful, unsparingly detailed, but evenhanded narrative of how the House of Representatives became a house of ill repute. Because of the bitterly divided political atmosphere in which we live, this literary window on the backstage machinations of the House of Representatives is both captivating and timely--revealing the House in full, from the process of how laws are made (and in this case, not made) to the most eye-popping cast of lawmakers Washington has ever seen.

Author: Robert Draper
ISBN-10: 1451642091
ISBN-13: 9781451642094
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2013
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/09/2013 pg. 32